--- 1/draft-ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages-16.txt 2017-02-10 15:13:40.705158039 -0800 +++ 2/draft-ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages-17.txt 2017-02-10 15:13:40.721158419 -0800 @@ -1,21 +1,21 @@ Network Working Group R. Bush Internet-Draft Internet Initiative Japan Updates: 4271 (if approved) K. Patel Intended status: Standards Track Arrcus, Inc. Expires: August 15, 2017 D. Ward Cisco Systems February 11, 2017 Extended Message support for BGP - draft-ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages-16 + draft-ietf-idr-bgp-extended-messages-17 Abstract The BGP specification mandates a maximum BGP message size of 4096 octets. As BGP is extended to support newer AFI/SAFIs, there is a need to extend the maximum message size beyond 4096 octets. This document updates the BGP specification RFC 4271 by providing an extension to BGP to extend its current message size from 4096 octets to 65535 octets. @@ -110,21 +110,21 @@ 4. Operation A BGP speaker that is willing to send and receive BGP Extended Messages from its peer should advertise the BGP Extended Message Capability to its peer using BGP Capabilities Advertisement [RFC5492]. A BGP speaker may send extended messages to its peer only if it has received the Extended Message Capability from its peer. An implementation that supports the BGP Extended Messages MUST be - prepared to receive an OPEN message that is larger than 4096 bytes. + prepared to receive an UPDATE message that is larger than 4096 bytes. Applications generating messages which might be encapsulated within BGP messages MUST limit the size of their payload to take into account the maximum message size and all encapsulation overheads on the path the encapsulated data are expected to traverse. 5. Error Handling A BGP speaker that has the ability to use extended messages but has not advertised the BGP Extended Messages capability, presumably due